Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 18 September 2017 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad 11

18 September 2017 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 53

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Television | TV Channels

Lachlan Murdoch opens up about Fox & Star TV's billion-dollar EBITDA target

	The billion-dollar EBITDA target for Star India is not just talk. 21st Century Fox executive chairman Lachlan Murdoch chairman stated this firmly at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia 2017 conference mid-last week. continue reading...

Technology | Software

"Competition in OTT solutions is what makes it exciting:" Amagi CEO Baskar Subramanian

Founded in 2008, Bengaluru-hqed broadcasting, cloud and OTT ad and tech solutions provider Amagi is a homegrown outfit that is slowly and steadily making its mark globally, thanks to its innovative tech prowess.
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Television | TV Channels

Republic TV, Aaj Tak continue to lead genres as news viewership falls

Republic TV recorded its lowest viewership since its launch in week 36 of 2017 (Saturday, 2 September 2017 to Friday, 8 September 2017).
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Regulators | I&B Ministry

Govt urges TV and radio channels to publicise 'Swachhta' campaign

Private television and FM channels and radio stations have been requested to give adequate attention to the 'Swachhta ki Seva' campaign launched by the prime minister Narendra Modi in his 'Mann ki Baat' broadcast on 27 August 2017.
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Technology | Software

Tata Sky and Irdeto tie up, OTT service launched on Android devices

India's pay TV market is highly competitive, yet there is tremendous growth potential for OTT services as disposable incomes rise.
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	Telecom war being fought over quality & new services
	SES urges Bharti shareholders to reject Telenor deal
	Source: ET

	Vince Cable Says May Should Fire Johnson Over Brexit Article
	Source: BQ

	Streaming platforms poaching top TV talent
	Source: DH

	Punishing a wrongdoer is not vendetta, it is justice: Navjot Sidhu
	Source: HT

	BSNL to team up with Lava, Micromax to launch affordable co-branded feature phones
	Source: ET Telecom

	Quantify total relief required by sector: Telecom Comm to DoT
	Source: DNA India

	Italian minister suggest 'golden power' will be used on Telecom Italia
	Source: TOI

	Linking Mobile Number With Aadhaar: Misinterpreting A Supreme Court Order
	Source: Live Law

	Union Budget 2018 may see more aggressive fiscal push
	Source: Live Mint

	Banks witness surge of wilful defaults, numbers cross Rs 1 lakh cr
	Source: FE


	Channel 4 adverts to show viewers different sight loss conditions
	Big Brother creator in court in legal wrangle over idea for The Voice
	Source: The Guardian

	Emmys: 'SNL,' 'Big Little Lies' Dominate Early
	Lena Waithe Makes Emmy History as First Black Woman to Win for Comedy Writing
	Source: Variety

	Google debuts Tez, a mobile wallet and payments app for India
	A cord cutter's guide to watching tonight's Emmy Awards
	Source: TC

	Strong Emmys Start For 'Saturday Night Live'
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	Hispasat, Media Broadcast Satellite to launch 4K platform
	SERAPHIC outlines its strategy
	Source: Broadband Tv News

	Editor's Corner: For VR, 4K, AI and voice control, it's sink or swim time at IBC
	Source: Fiercecable

	Shailene Woodley on the Emmys red carpet: "I don't own a TV"
	Source: VOX

	Google Sued by Gab, the Twitter for People Banned from Twitter
	Source: Fortune

	Facebook and Google need humans, not just algorithms, to filter out hate speech
	Source: QUARTZ

Movies | Hindi

Poster Boys: Old-fashioned entertainer

Poster Boys is a remake of the 2014 Marathi film, Poshter Boyz. A comedy, the film also carries a social message for men to go for vasectomy as there was no shame in doing so while also not forcing only women to take that responsibility.
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Movies | Hollywood

Special screening of Maharaja Duleep Hollywood biopic at Cannes

Even though no Indian feature film has been selected for the 70th Festival de Cannes this year, an award-winning historic film biopic on the poignant life story of the last King of Punjab - Maharajah Duleep Singh.
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